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Lower Manhattan, Manhattan Island, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 40.7878,-73.9661 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | New York, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Manhattan Island, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Lower Manhattan, New York. (Pleistocene) | Richards H. G. (1962) | Gardiners Clay | LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No specific lithostratigraphic unit listed in text. Assumed to be from Gardiners Clay based on Figure. 8. AGE: Sangamon (MacClintock and Richards 1962), Pleistocene (Richards 1962). | claystone | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Yoldia limatula species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Yoldiidae : Yoldia : Yoldia limatula | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Richards H. G. (1962) Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America, Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52 3, 1-142 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!